2023-12-24

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• Rolls-Royce gets funding to develop mini nuclear reactors

• 'Worse than giving birth': 700 fall sick after Airbus staff Christmas dinner

  A gourmet Christmas dinner for 2,600 workers at the French aerospace group Airbus Atlantic left hundreds of staff sick. The health authorities have launched an investigation to establish what caused a mass outbreak of gastroenteritis among a reported 700 employees. Delicacies on the menu included foie gras, scallops, lobster and tournedos, followed by desserts of ice-cream logs and hazelnut and chocolate mousse

• The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System's Hidden Oceans

• Reminder: Husbands, It’s Time To Start Christmas Shopping

• How Does A Sewing Machine Sew?

Horseshit

• Why the US can't have nice things, part 2

  We are now firmly a low-trust society, and that’s especially dangerous because social trust impacts everything. Every facet of life, and it can’t simply be legislated back. You can’t “fix” culture through a few house bills, because it isn’t just a top down problem, but a pervasive all encompassing thing. Social trust is also extraordinary important to maintain, because like a ratchet wheel, once it comes undone, it spins quickly out of control, and getting it wound back is a long, arduous, and complex process, that requires moving it tighter one painful ratchet at a time. Right now in the US, the social trust ratchet wheel has come completely undone.

• GM halts sales of its new Chevy Blazer EV amid reports of major software issues

• Tech Billionaires: Stop Trying to Make Science Fiction You Grew Up on Real

• Scientists propose putting nanobots in our bodies to create 'global superbrain'

• Causes, Consequences and Implications of the Baby Boom

• Many prehistoric handprints show missing finger. What if this wasn't accidental?

• Russia has a new EV prototype and yes, it really looks like this

• (Oct 2023) Should We Tell People It's Too Late to Save Civilization?

• For the Billionaire Who Has Everything, Consider an Island in San Francisco Bay

celebrity gossip

• Claudine Gay's family in Haiti controls the concrete industry

  • (2010) Haiti's Rebuilding Effort Will Be Mammoth Task : NPR

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• I can't in good conscience support Substack

• (PDF) Study: TikTok Global Platform Anomalies Align with CCP Geostrategic Objectives

Musk

• Hackers say the Tesla nightmare in 'Leave the World Behind' could happen

• Hyperloop, Elon Musk's Pipe Dream, Bites the Dust

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• Supreme Court rejects request to fast-track Trump immunity dispute

• Lordy, there are more tapes: How Trump's Michigan arm-twisting may come back to jaunt him

• I’m Michigan’s Chief Election Official. Trump’s Still a Threat to Democracy, So Let’s Be Prepared.

• Why Trump and His GOP Henchwoman Will Regret That Michigan Phone Call

• Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote

• Rocky Mountain High: Why Trump Should Love the Colorado Ruling | RealClearWire

Pox / COVID / BioTerror AgitProp

• Studies show young and active have heightened risk of heart disease from Covid

Religion / Tribal / Culture War and Re-Segregation

• Boycott Complicit Israeli Tech

• Paramedics found guilty in death of Elijah McClain

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• It Sure Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber

• Claudine Gay Plagiarism Accusations

• It’s time for universities to share the burden of student loan defaults.

• Millions of debtors have not yet made their first student loan repayment

Entertainment / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Beeper Mini is now open-source

  • After spending a month fighting with Apple to try to keep its Android iMessage application operational, Beeper is throwing in the towel.

  • Beeper Mini removed from Google Play? | Hacker News

• Do you own anything digital?

• 50% of Consumers Will Significantly Limit Social Media Use by 2025

• Playlist help: List of United States Christmas television episodes - Wikipedia

TechSuck / Geek Bait

• 2TB microSD card is on the way early next year | Hacker News

• The Art of Electronics (3rd Edition) | Hacker News

• Dial Up Over Discord

AI Will (Save | Destroy) The World

• Sam Altman is asking "what would you like OpenAI to build/fix in 2024?"

• A Cult That Worships Superintelligent AI Is Looking for Big Tech Donors

• Sam Altman's Knack for Dodging Bullets–With a Little Help from Bigshot Friends

Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO

• Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches first rocket since 2022 crash

Crypto con games

• From CZ to SBF, 2023 was the year of the fallen crypto bro

• The Crypto Queen Pulling the Strings at Binance

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Corporate landlords are eroding the American Dream of homeownership

• The Rise of the Forever Renters

• 100% of buyers now shop for homes online, new report says

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Justices in Wisconsin Order New Legislative Maps

• Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign polls vs. Donald Trump are historically bad

• Watch: CNN Caught Editing RFK Jr Speech To Mislead Viewers | ZeroHedge

• Exclusive: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied Secret Service protection for 3rd time - Deseret News

• NY Governor vetoes ban on noncompete clauses, waters down LLC transparency bill

• Biden dined, telephoned, emailed Hunter's cash cronies - Washington Times

• Paleolibertarianism

• Gavin Newsom’s 10-year plan to end San Francisco homelessness marks 20-year anniversary

• Dr. Rand Paul Releases 2023 ‘Festivus’ Report on Government Waste - Senator Rand Paul

• Biden Wants to Give 500,000 Americans Money to Buy Homes

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Police videos show concern over metal health, danger posed by Maine shooter

• Jurors Find San Francisco Homeless Man Not Guilty in Pipe Beating

• Outgoing Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards pardons 40 murderers — including man who stabbed store worker 39 times

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Iran dismisses U.S. claims it is involved in Red Sea ship attacks

  • US accuses Iran of being ‘deeply involved’ in Houthi attacks in Red Sea

• Pentagon's Operation Prosperity Guardian "Falls Apart" As Spain, Italy, France Reject Request

  Reuters said about twenty countries have signed up for the Pentagon's new operation. However, several countries, including Australia, Spain, Italy, and France, have rejected the Pentagon's request to participate in the operation. Spain's Defence Ministry said it would only participate in NATO-led missions or European-coordinated operations - not ones commanded by the Pentagon.

  Another X user wrote:

  "France, Spain, and Italy aren't withdrawing because they don't want to escalate the conflict. On the contrary, they're withdrawing because they don't believe the operation coordinated by Biden regime will protect their vessels.

  • What is U.S.-led Red Sea coalition and which countries are backing it? | Reuters

• US troops in Iraq and Syria have faced over 100 attacks since October

  That number includes 47 incidents in Iraq and 55 in Syria, the official said, “by a mix of one-way attack drones, rockets, mortars, and close-range ballistic missiles.” Most of the attacks either didn’t reach bases or were shot down by U.S. defenses, the official added. The small number that did, however, have resulted in 66 injuries to U.S. troops, a number that has held steady since Dec. 7.

• 2004 incident and currently promoted book: Senator wants Marines to explain why wounded troops weren't told the truth

World

• Taiwan Reports More Chinese Military Activity as Election Nears

• Czechs Mourn Victims of University Shooting as Police Tighten Security

• A pro-peace Russian presidential hopeful is blocked by election commission

• Afghans fled the Taliban in droves. Now Pakistan wants to send them back

• Author Claims Argentina Becoming Fascist. Slapped By Those Who Know Definition

  Apparently, the new libertarian president of Argentina is taking the country down the road to fascism by (checks notes) increasing freedom in the country and reducing the size and power of the central government. The Leftist author of the Blade of the Sun book took issue with the new president of Argentina privatizing several nationalized companies. He promptly declared it fascism.

Israel

• UN resolution on Gaza aid criticised as ‘insufficient’, ‘meaningless’

• Israeli airstrikes in expanded offensive kill at least 90, officials say

• Israeli airstrike kills 76 members of one family – report

• Israeli-Linked Tanker Struck By Drone Off India, Signaling Attacks Set To Widen

• Gaza, smashed by Israeli strikes, sees new threat: Disease.

• "Too political": TikTok refuses to run Israeli hostage videos

• Israeli military campaign in Gaza among deadliest in history, experts say | AP News

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Russia may attempt to attack Europe next winter

+Putin Now Serious About Negotiating End To War: Diplomats | ZeroHedge

Health / Medicine

• Alabama mother with rare double womb gives birth to two babies in two days

• (July 2021) Micro nutrients Why Americans May Be Dependent on Processed Cereals | RealClearScience

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• EVs and hybrids had a noticeable effect on US fuel consumption, says EPA

• Cummins pickup truck engines systematically tricked air pollution controls

  • HN comments

• Researchers surprised at levels of toxicity in standard plastic products

• Joint Diseases Plagued the Ice Age’s Fierce Predators: Sabertooth Cats and Dire Wolves.

• In part five of our series about myths around EVs, we assess greenwashing claims

• The Trouble with European Green Electricity Certificates

• America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree

• What Will Make Home Buyers Consider Climate Risk? What Happens Once They Do?